Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1998 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
African Penguin Spheniscus demersus |
CR |
resident (-) |
300–900 pairs |
A1 |
Cape Gannet Morus capensis |
EN |
resident (-) |
800–3,000 pairs |
A1, A4ii |
Cape Gannet Morus capensis |
EN |
non-breeding (-) |
2,000–10,000 birds |
A1, A4ii |
Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus |
LC |
resident (-) |
20–280 pairs |
A1, A4i |
Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus |
LC |
non-breeding (-) |
50–500 birds |
A1, A4i |
Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis |
EN |
resident (-) |
2,000–4,000 pairs |
A1, A4i |
Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis |
EN |
non-breeding (-) |
5,704 birds |
A1, A4i |
Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus |
EN |
breeding (-) |
10 pairs |
A1 |
African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini |
LC |
resident (-) |
66 pairs |
A1, A4i |
African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini |
LC |
non-breeding (-) |
200–300 birds |
A1, A4i |
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus |
LC |
non-breeding (-) |
2,864 birds |
A4i |
A4iii Species group - seabirds |
n/a |
non-breeding (-) |
10,000-19,999 birds |
A4iii |
A4iii Species group - seabirds |
n/a |
breeding (-) |
10,000-19,999 birds |
A4iii |
Land use |
% of IBA |
nature conservation and research |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Possession Island (Namibia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/possession-island-iba-namibia on 23/12/2024.